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Financial risk management (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Financial risk management |
Schedule of break down of group's net assessed financial position exposure to currency risk |
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Amount of foreign currency (i) |  |  | Exchange rate |  |  | Amount in local currency (ii)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
US$ |  | 372 |  |  | 18.549 |  |  | (iii) 7,094
G |  | 120,029 |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 399
EURO |  | 3 |  |  | 22.283 |  |  | 70
|  | Total assets |  |  |  |  |  | 7,563
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
US$ |  | (939) |  |  | 18.649 |  |  | (17,568)
G |  | (233,891) |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | (773)
EURO |  | (11) |  |  | 22.450 |  |  | (259)
|  | Total liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | (18,600)
|  | Net liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | (11,037)
(i)US$ = United States dollar; G= Guaraníes. (ii)As foreign currency figures and their amount in argentine pesos are in millions, the calculation of the amount of the foreign currency by its exchange rate could not be exact. (iii)Includes 371 corresponding to Government bonds at fair value (equivalent to US$ 12 million).
12.31.16
Amount of foreign currency (i) |  |  | Exchange rate |  |  | Amount in local currency (ii)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
US$ |  | 241 |  |  | 15.790 |  |  | (iii) 4,067
G |  | 250,865 |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | 684
EURO |  | 7 |  |  | 16.625 |  |  | 124
|  | Total assets |  |  |  |  |  | 4,875
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
US$ |  | (859) |  |  | 15.890 |  |  | (13,648)
G |  | (311,279) |  |  | 0.003 |  |  | (848)
EURO |  | (9) |  |  | 16.770 |  |  | (158)
|  | Total liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | (14,654)
|  | Net liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | (9,779)
(i)US$ = United States dollar; G= Guaraníes. (ii)As foreign currency figures and their amount in argentine pesos are in millions, the calculation of the amount of the foreign currency by its exchange rate could not be exact. (iii)Includes 735 corresponding to Government bonds at fair value (equivalent to US$ 45 million).
Schedule of sensitivity analysis for interest rate risk |
Financial debt | Financial debt currency | Amount (in millions) | Effect (in millions)
Bank overdrafts | $ | 135 | 0.1
Notes | $ | 871 | 0.9
Notes | US$ | 78 | 1.4
Bank loans | US$ | 500 | 9.3
Schedule of theoretical exposure of credit risk |
Date due |  | Banks and cash equivalents |  | Investments |  | Trade receivables, net |  | Other receivables, net |  | Total
Total due |  | - |  | - |  | 1,807 |  | - |  | 1,807
Total not due |  | 2,831 |  | 6,082 |  | 6,841 |  | 455 |  | 16,209
Total as of December 31, 2017 |  | 2,831 |  | 6,082 |  | 8,648 |  | 455 |  | 18,016
Schedule of working capital breakdown and its main variations |
| 2017 | 2016 | Variation
Trade receivables | 8,636 | 7,577 | 1,059
Other receivables (not considering financial NDF) | 1,431 | 1,011 | 420
Inventories | 1,854 | 1,278 | 576
Current liabilities (not considering financial debt) | (18,793) | (13,245) | (5,548)
Operative working capital - negative | (6,872) | (3,379) | (3,493)
Over revenues | (10.5)% | (6.4)% |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,831 | 3,945 | (1,114)
Financial NDF | 60 | - | 60
Investments | 3,426 | 1,751 | 1,675
Current financial debt | (3,194) | (3,266) | 72
Net Current financial asset | 3,123 | 2,430 | 693
Negative operating working capital (current assets – current liabilities) | (3,749) | (949) | (2,800)
Liquidity rate | 0.83 | 0.94 | (0.11)
Schedule of breakdown of financial liabilities into relevant maturity groups |
Maturity Date | Trade payables | Debt | Salaries and social security payables | Other liabilities | Total
Due | 319 | - | - | - | 319
January 2018 thru December 2018 | 11,164 | 3,389 | 2,055 | 70 | 16,678
January 2019 thru December 2019 | 66 | 3,043 | 187 | 21 | 3,317
January 2020 thru December 2020 | 45 | 2,687 | 56 | - | 2,788
January 2021 and thereafter | 5 | 4,984 | 47 | - | 5,036
| 11,599 | 14,103 | 2,345 | 91 | 28,138

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